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Canaan Meaning

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What does Canaan mean?

The name Canaan is of Hebrew origin.

The meaning of Canaan is "biblical place name, humbled, subdued".

It is also of Hurrian origin, where its meaning is "purple".

Canaan is generally used as a boy's name.

It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Ca-naan.

The Given Name Canaan

In the Bible, the name was borne by a grandson of Noah. It was also the name of an area that covered parts of modern day Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Jordan. The derivation of the place name is unclear. It may have been named for Noah's grandson, where it would derive from the Hebrew verb kana meaning "humbled, subdued" or it may derive from the ancient Hurrian word for purple referring to the color of the dye largely produced in the area.